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Elon Musk Extends His Criticism Into the Night

He's clearly no fan of the spending bill

(Newser) - After calling the Big Beautiful Bill that passed the House to pay for President Trump's domestic agenda a "disgusting abomination" on Tuesday, Elon Musk didn't exactly move on. The Daily Beast reports a "flurry" of new X posts followed into the wee hours of Wednesday morning,...

ChatGPT Already Has Upended College
ChatGPT Already
Has Upended College
longform
Jun 1, 2025 5:00 PM CDT

ChatGPT Already Has Upended College

New York finds cheating with artificial intelligence tools is rampant, not going away

(Newser) - When artificial intelligence began to take hold a scant few years ago, one of the worries was that college students might use it to cheat. So have they? The headline of a New York piece on the subject provides a hint: "Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College."...

The Other Thing AI Is Taking Over? The Energy Grid
Turns Out, AI
Gobbles Up
a Lot of Energy
LONGFORM
Jun 1, 2025 2:23 PM CDT

Turns Out, AI Gobbles Up a Lot of Energy

Data centers' energy use is ballooning, and the secrecy around the industry doesn't help

(Newser) - The rapid integration of artificial intelligence into daily life marks a significant shift online, with hundreds of millions of people relying on chatbots and generative tools for everything from research to image creation. But as AI use expands, its growing appetite for energy is becoming clear, prompting new research...

Kennedy&#39;s MAHA Report Has Some Big Gaffes
Kennedy's Health Report
Has Some Serious Gaffes
the rundown
May 30, 2025 7:40 AM CDT

Kennedy's Health Report Has Some Serious Gaffes

Footnotes cite nonexistent studies, apparently the work of artificial intelligence

(Newser) - The Make America Healthy Again commission led by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued an exhaustive report last month prescribing changes for Americans' health. It was crammed with more than 500 footnotes citing studies to buttress its findings—but multiple outlets have found that many of those studies don'...

College Student Busts Teacher Using AI, Demands Refund
Student Busts Teacher Using
AI, Demands Tuition Refund
in case you missed it
May 18, 2025 6:55 AM CDT

Student Busts Teacher Using AI, Demands Tuition Refund

'He's telling us not to use it, and then he's using it himself,' she said.

(Newser) - Her course syllabus forbade the use of artificial intelligence, which is why Northeastern student Ella Stapleton was surprised to discover that the instructor in her organizational behavior class earlier this year was using ChatGPT to shape lessons. "He's telling us not to use it, and then he's...

Musk&#39;s Chatbot Suddenly Sounds a Lot Like Him
Musk's Chatbot Is Acting Up
May 15, 2025 8:17 AM CDT

Musk's Chatbot Is Acting Up

Grok AI kept repeating claims of a white genocide in South Africa on Tuesday

(Newser) - Elon Musk's AI chatbot couldn't stop talking about "white genocide" in South Africa on Tuesday, repeating the far-right conspiracy theory touted by President Trump and Musk himself. The Grok chatbot from Musk's xAI company, which is integrated into Musk's social media platform X, repeatedly brought...

Trump Brought a Bunch of Honchos to Saudi Arabia

The list of American executives in attendance is long

(Newser) - President Trump landed in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to a very warm welcome , and he brought with him an entire entourage. As the New York Times reports, a who's who of business executives attended a lunch in Riyadh, as well as a significant part of Trump's Cabinet. A...

Fake Firm Staffed With Bots Was a 'Total Disaster'

Carnegie Mellon researchers discovered that their AI 'workers' weren't particularly good at their jobs

(Newser) - What would happen if a fake company was created from scratch, staffed completely by bots? Researchers at Carnegie Mellon wanted to know the answer, so they launched The Agent Company , a virtual simulation of a software company that put artificial intelligence "agents" from such companies as OpenAI, Google, Meta,...

Even Google Is Warning Parents About Its AI App for Kids

Company says it will soon launch its Gemini App for children under the age of 13, worrying critics

(Newser) - Artificial intelligence is still going through some growing pains , which is why parents may want to pay special attention to the latest development. "Gemini Apps will soon be available for your child," read an email from Google about its AI chatbot to guardians of kids with supervised accounts,...

Meta Exec Apologizes to Conservative Activist

Robby Starbuck is suing for $5M, claiming company's AI defamed him

(Newser) - A conservative activist got a rare, personal apology from a top Meta exec over the tech giant's AI chatbot. Robby Starbuck, a former music video producer who has gained a following on the right with his anti-DEI videos, first alleged last year that Meta's chatbot was disseminating false...

Meta Unveils ChatGPT Rival
Meta Unveils
ChatGPT Rival
Apr 30, 2025 1:30 AM CDT

Meta Unveils ChatGPT Rival

App links Facebook and Instagram accounts for personalized AI experience

(Newser) - Meta is making its move in artificial intelligence with a new standalone app that blends AI with the familiar feel of social media in the company's bid to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT. The app uses Meta's Llama 4 AI system and includes a "discover" feed...

Biggest Inauguration Donor Was a Poultry Company

Pilgrim's Pride gave $5M of Trump's record $239M haul

(Newser) - President Trump not only won the 2024 election, the campaign to raise cash for his inauguration also hit the jackpot. As NBC News reports, Trump's inaugural committee raised a staggering $239 million, smashing the previous record—also held by Trump from his first inauguration—of about $107 million. Bloomberg...

ChatGPT's 'Ghiblification' Raises Ethical Concerns

Miyazaki once called AI animation 'an insult to life itself'

(Newser) - Some fans of Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio behind Spirited Away and other beloved movies, were delighted this week when a new version of ChatGPT let them transform popular internet memes or personal photos into the distinct style of Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki. But the trend also highlighted...

'Hallucinating' ChatGPT Tells Man He Killed His Kids

Digital rights group has filed a complaint with data protection authorities

(Newser) - A Norwegian man says ChatGPT got his hometown right, and the number and gender of his children—but its other details were false and disturbing. Arve Hjalmar Holmen says that when he asked the chatbot who he was, he was told that he was serving a 21-year prison sentence for...

Nvidia's Profit, Sales Beat Wall Street's Expectations

Jensen Huang says demand for Blackwell chips is 'amazing'

(Newser) - Nvidia reported a surge in fourth-quarter profit and sales Wednesday as demand for its specialized Blackwell chips that power artificial intelligence systems continued to grow. For the three months that ended Jan. 26, the tech giant based in Santa Clara, California, posted revenue of $39.3 billion, up 12% from...

Musk-Led Group Seeks to Buy OpenAI for $97.4B
OpenAI Board Rejects
Bid by Musk-Led Group
updated
Feb 14, 2025 5:05 PM CST

OpenAI Board Rejects Bid by Musk-Led Group

Investors had offered about $97.4B

(Newser) - OpenAI said Friday that its board of directors has unanimously rejected a $97.4 billion takeover bid led by Elon Musk. "OpenAI is not for sale, and the board has unanimously rejected Mr. Musk's latest attempt to disrupt his competition," said a statement from Bret Taylor, chair...

After Deepfake Goes Viral, Johansson Has a Warning

Actor pushes back after AI likeness of her, other stars used in video about Ye's antisemitic attack

(Newser) - The latest Kanye West controversy is spinning off into other controversies. Scarlett Johansson is now leading the charge against a viral video that shows her and a slew of other celebrities seemingly confronting Ye's most recent foray into antisemitism, which included a meltdown on X and hawking a swastika...

Surprise Musk Offer Highlights Simmering Feud
After Musk
Offer, Altman
Says: 'I Feel
for the Guy'
the rundown
Feb 11, 2025 12:06 PM CST

After Musk Offer, Altman Says: 'I Feel for the Guy'

Surprise bid for OpenAI highlights a long-simmering tech feud

(Newser) - Elon Musk surprised the world of tech and business on Monday by engineering an offer to buy OpenAI, the artificial intelligence firm behind ChatGPT. Sam Altman, OpenAI's chief executive, immediately shot down the bid, but that is far from the end of things. The gist of coverage is that...

Google Removes Its Vow Not to Use AI for Weapons

Tech company changes its AI policy

(Newser) - Google's artificial intelligence policy previously included a vow that the company would not pursue AI applications involving weapons, surveillance, technologies that "cause or are likely to cause overall harm," or anything that could violate international law or human rights. That language is now missing from the company'...

DeepSeek Knows All. But Don't Ask About Tiananmen

The app out of China censors its answers on topics dicey to Beijing

(Newser) - The DeepSeek AI assistant out of China is winning strong reviews for its answers and reasoning across a broad spectrum of subjects—with one notable exception. Ask about touchy subjects such as Tiananmen Square or Taiwan, and the app will be at a loss for words. The Guardian explains that...

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